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1. pjmama Says:
   October 16th, 2006 at 04:12 pm 1161015167
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   There are a variety of phones you can get prepaid minutes for. The minutes tend to be very expensive though. You could look into getting a plan that has less minutes (6000 is a lot. I think on me and BF's shared plan we get 800...), or if he really doesn't use them at all, get a prepaid phone. I know T-mobile has them, though I wouldn't reccomend T-mobile for anything And yes, you can program all the numbers you need into the phone, and most even have a speed-dial setting. I'm sure if you went to a close shopping mall, the people in the store could help you figure out how to program things... and the manuals that come with the phones are usually pretty handy. Good luck!

2. ren Says:
   October 16th, 2006 at 10:22 pm 1161037334
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   What I would do in your situation is pull the last few months' bills (minimum of 3, preferably 6) and see how many minutes he's actually using. And count all the minutes -- for example, looking at last month's bill, I 'only' used 158 of my plan's 600 minutes, but if you look at my weekend usage, well... there's another 757 minutes that aren't accounted for. But if he's really only using it a little and you can get one of the pre-paid megacards (I've seen 1000 minutes for $100), you're looking at $.10/minute, so if he's using it less than, say, 2 hours a month? You could come out ahead pretty fast, even after paying out the nose at the front end for a new phone.
   
   It also might be worth seeing if he could drop down to a lower plan level and save there as well. I know some prepaid companies have a daily surcharge (i.e. no calls on a given date, no charge, but pushing the send button even once on a given date will cost you $1).

3. Broken Arrow Says:
   October 17th, 2006 at 01:30 am 1161048618
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   Oh Ima, of course you can figure it out.
   Just the same, if he doesn't use it and care about it much, may I suggest a pre-paid phone? Tracphones, for example, has a plain, no-frills Nokia that they sell for $19.99. Then, you can buy all the minutes he thinks he needs. When he runs out, you just buy more minutes. That's it.
   
   If you went with normal rate plans, you'll be paying a monthly fee, you're locked into a provider's list of cellphones (that they will insist that you "upgrade" eventually), and unless you have rollover, you'll lose all the minutes that he doesn't use! Even if he has rollover, you're still paying for those unused minutes whether you liked it or not.
   
   Pre-paid isn't like that.
   
   Normal rate plans only become economical, in my humble opinion, when you start adding phones to the family plans. Those additional lines tend to be as cheap as $10 per month, making the cost of per line per month much more competitive. However, this will not be the case for individual users.

4. tinapbeana Says:
   October 17th, 2006 at 02:03 am 1161050616
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   one other thing to consider: if you're in norther GA you probably have bellsouth for phone service. they are a partial owner of cingular, and may be able to bundle wireless service in w/ your land line. my father went that route and wound up lowering his total bill *shakes head*

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